Everything from the ground up

From raw dirt
to pad-ready.

Clearing. Grading. Utilities. Paving.
One contractor, your vertical trades hit the ground running.

  • One contractor, every phase below grade
  • Pad-ready handoff in writing, signed by your superintendent
  • One crew on your site, no surprise change orders
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What we do

One contractor.
Every phase below grade.

First cut to final striping, every trade you need is on our team.

Site Preparation

Clearing, demolition, erosion control, and survey staking to get your site ready.

Mass Excavation & Grading

Cut and fill, balanced earthwork, and precision grading to engineered tolerance.

Underground Utilities

Water, sewer, storm, and dry utilities, installed, inspected, tied in cleanly.

Asphalt & Concrete Paving

Parking lots, drives, sidewalks, and curbing, base prep through final striping.

Foundations

Footings, slabs on grade, and structural concrete to spec, on schedule.

Civil Infrastructure

Roadways, retaining structures, and public works built to municipal standards.

Oxen Civil crews actively grading a commercial site with dozers and articulated haul trucks

Why Oxen

A pad-ready handoff, signed and in writing.

When you hire Oxen Civil, one team takes your site from raw dirt to your superintendent's sign-off on grade, utilities, and elevations, with one point of contact and no finger-pointing when something settles.

We own every phase below grade and hand it off in writing. Your vertical crew steps onto a site built to the spec promised.

  • Quality: pride in every yard of dirt we move.
  • Precision: built to spec, grade, and elevation.
  • Integrity: what we quote is what we deliver.
  • Safety: every crew goes home the way they came.
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Proof on the ground

Sites we've handed off.

CAT bulldozer with red-dirt blade on a commercial site work project

Commercial Site Work

Retail, mixed-use, and office sites, pad-ready for vertical trades on tenant schedules.

CAT D5G dozer fronting a haul truck at an Oxen Civil infrastructure project

Municipal Infrastructure

Public works, roadways, and utilities built to spec, with full inspection documentation.

Oxen Civil equipment fleet staged for an industrial pad and logistics project

Industrial / Logistics

Warehouse pads, truck courts, and heavy-load pavement sized for your operation's freight volumes.

Recent work

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"We're committed to your project from the ground up, with quality, integrity, and safety."
Tim Dantas, Founder, Oxen Civil

COMMON QUESTIONS

Straight answers before you call.

What owners, builders, and GCs ask us most.

What exactly does Oxen Civil do?

Everything below grade and the surface on top of it: clearing, mass excavation, grading, underground utilities, drainage, foundations, and asphalt and concrete paving. One contractor carries the site from raw dirt to a pad your vertical trades can build on.

Where do you work?

We're a Virginia-based contractor working out of one yard in Lynchburg, covering the city and the surrounding counties. Farther out than that? Talk to us. We'll tell you straight away whether we can get a crew to your site.

How do I get a price?

We walk the site first, free. You get an itemized written quote with real numbers and a real timeline, typically within five business days. We don't quote earthwork over the phone. That's how estimates turn into change orders.

Who handles the earthwork on my site?

Our own crews, on our own equipment. Grading, excavation, and drainage run under one schedule, so fewer handoffs means fewer people pointing at each other when something slips.

Are you licensed, bonded, and insured?

Yes, general liability, workers' comp, and bonding capacity for residential and mid-size commercial work. Certificates are available on request for any GC packet.

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